1690s

1690s

Events and Trends

* Thomas Neale designed Seven Dials
* The Salem Witchcraft Trials are held in Massachusetts Bay Colony (1692).
* Dutch Explorer Arnout Vielle discovers 1st trade route down Ohio Valley, New York Colony financed & profitable (1692).
* The first person to live into the nineteenth century was probably born in this decade.

World Leaders

* King Christian V of Denmark (1670 - 1699).
* King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699 - 1730).
* Queen Mary II of England and Scotland (1689 - 1694).
* King William III of England and Scotland (1689 - 1702).
* King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715).
* Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658 - 1705).
* Tsar Ivan V of Russia (1682 - 1696).
* Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682 - 1725).
* King Charles II of Spain (1665 - 1700).
* King Charles XI of Sweden (1660 - 1697).
* King Charles XII of Sweden (1697 - 1718).
* Aurangazeb(Mughal Empire)
* Rajaram Chhatrapati(Maratha Empire)

Deaths

* Daibhidh O Duibhghennain, d. 1696


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